CVE-2013-5651

N/A Unknown

Published: September 30, 2013 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

The virBitmapParse function in util/virbitmap.c in libvirt before 1.1.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted bitmap, as demonstrated by a large nodeset value to numatune.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=47b9127e883677a0d60d767030a147450e919a25

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://libvirt.org/news.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00024.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/60895

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/30/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1954-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=997367

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Patch

http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=47b9127e883677a0d60d767030a147450e919a25